fencerow

American  

[fens-roh] / ˈfɛnsˌroʊ /

noun

1. the uncultivated land on each side of and below a fence.

2. any uncultivated strip of land within a field, farm, etc.

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Example Sentences

Hudson’s Golden Gem is also American, originating in an Oregon fencerow in 1931.

From Washington Times

That was when agriculture secretary Earl Butz exhorted farmers to plant fencerow to fencerow to feed the world by using more chemicals and designer seeds just coming on board.

From The Guardian

Using gloves or a towel, residents should toss them into a wooded or fencerow area.

From Washington Times

Since the days that Nixon’s agriculture secretary, Earl Butz, commanded farmers to plant fencerow to fencerow to feed the world, China became Iowa’s top soy customer.

From The Guardian

Stalk land, fallow fields, and brushland, all appeared to be sewn together by wide fencerow stitches of trees.

From Literature